Analysis of Covid19 Data for US

The novel coronavirus, also known as SARS-CoV-2, is a contagious respiratory virus that first reported in Wuhan, China. On 2/11/2020, the World Health Organization designated the name COVID-19 for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. This notebook aims at exploring COVID-19 data for US

The Imports

The Dataset

Importing the dataset which contains information about the number of Covid 19 cases diagnosed per day and the number of deaths reported on the coresponding date

Sneakpeak at the Sample data

Analysis of the spread of the disease

Cumulative distribution function indicates the spread of the disease inspite of various measures like lockdowns which were in place to curb down the impact of the virus As of June 2021, a total of 33465562 people in US are diagonised as Covid positive.

Number of deaths in US

Covid19 proved to be fatal special for the elderly population with underlying health conditions. The graph plots the number of people died of Covid in US

Area chart with Normalized values

A stacked area chart is typically used when one wants to track not only the total value, but also want to understand the breakdown of that total by groups. Overhere, a stacked area chart has been used to compare the number of positive cases with that of fatal cases.

States with maximum deaths

Piechart for top 10 states with maximum deaths. This shows that NewYork has the maximum number of deaths

State with maximum number of positive cases

Barchart for top 10 states with most number of cases shows that California has most number of positive cases compared to other states.

Which states are most impacted?

A Choropleth Map is a map composed of colored polygons. It is used to represent spatial variations of a quantity. The following choropleth shows how badly the disease impacted different states across US. The graph shows that the states with the most populous cities are more severely impacted

Time series Analysis of cases

The following graph depicts a time series analysis of the monthly spread of the disease across US Although the first diagnosis of cases in US dates back to early 2020, A major spike in numbers have been noted in the early months of 2021. There has been a sharp decrease in numbers starting April this year and this corresponds to when vaccines started rolling out in most of the cities

Time Series Analysis of Oregon data

Being a resident of the state of Oregon, I was particularly interested in knowning the graph of Oregon compared to the whole of US. Similar curve has been noted for Oregon with the peak appearning in May 2021.

Impact of Vaccinations

Vaccinations plays a major role in prevention of Covid 19 specially within the adult population. It has been noted that the number of positive cases went down significantly as more and more people got vaccinated.